THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine Program #704, distributed 09/24/01: (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) (Program I.D. #02-F72-00039) Southern Hemisphere activists from Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Venezuela, China, and elsewhere - dialog at ILGA's Global Gay Summit; Gays OK'd for crisis-time US military service - but after that, Don't Ask! 2nd openly-gay US ambassador is Guest in Romania, UN committee hears a gay Australian's quest for his partner's military pension, an Egyptian youth is sentenced to 3 years in prison for gay "debauchery", plus other global news * In "NewsWrap": As the U.S. mobilizes for a possible military response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, a "stop loss" suspension of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" discharges for homosexuality may take effect but it would only be temporary at best... Michael Guest, who'll serve in Romania, is sworn in as the second openly-gay U.S. ambassador... the United Nations Human Rights Committee takes up an Australian gay man's quest to collect his late partner's military pension... the cabinet of the Czech Republic approves and sends to Parliament a bill for legal recognition of same-gender couples... a conservative Christian group hand-delivers 5,000 letters to residents of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan calling recently-approved gay-positive school curricula "filth and propaganda"... an Egyptian teen is sentenced to 3 years in prison for "debauchery" in the notorious May police raid on a gay-inclusive Cairo riverboat club... and other GLBT news from around the world [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISTOPHER GAAL].(about 10:30) * Some forty countries were represented by about 100 gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender activists who came to Oakland, California in late August for the 21st WORLD CONFERENCE of the INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATION, or ILGA. At a small pre-conference before the main weeklong gathering, about two dozen participants met to discuss issues relevant to lesbigay and trans people in the Southern Hemisphere. Reporters MARY SALOME and EMILY CHARLES spoke with some of them about ILGA, the South/South Dialog, and the current situations in their home countries. Among those offering their perspective are KEITH GODDARD of GALZ (Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe); SILVIA EVANS of LLEGO (Latina/Latino Lesbian and Gay Organization, with members throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico); KIM of Beijing Sisters in China (who didn't want to give her last name); SHERMAN DeROSE, a leading activist from Sri Lanka; OSCAR ATADERO, of Philippines queer progressive group PROGAY; ANNA LEAH ZARABIA of another Philippines group, CLIC (Can't Live In the Closet); YUSA MURANTES, an Amnesty International worker in Venezuela; and WAYNE ROBERTS of the Australian Bisexual Network. (about 15:30)
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